Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a ‘clear reaction’ from the world to the Russian attack.

Russia fired a powerful hypersonic missile overnight at a target in Ukraine near the border with NATO-member Poland, in what Kyiv's European allies on Friday described as an attempt to intimidate them from supporting Ukraine. It was only the second time Russia has fired the Oreshnik at ‌Ukraine, and came…

Russia may have carried out a strike on Ukrainian territory using the Oreshnik missile system, a weapon linked to long-range strategic capabilities, including nuclear delivery potential. According to monitoring groups in Ukraine and the West, Moscow appears to have authorized another launch of this system, with the missile flying toward western Ukraine.

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A nuclear-capable missile fired into Ukraine near Poland sent a message to Europe days after its leaders agreed to postwar security guarantees, Russian analysts said.

Russia said Friday it used its latest missile against Ukraine for a second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, a forceful signal to Kyiv and its Western allies as U.S.-led peace talks have entered a new and crucial stage. The hypersonic Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile hit Ukraine's western Lviv region late Thursday night, although officials there did not mention any casualties. The area is near a military base in neighboring Poland, a NATO member, that serves as a key hub for ferrying Western military supplies to Kyiv.

Mark Carney is joining European leaders in condemning Russia's use of a powerful hypersonic missile on Ukraine as an escalation.

LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's launch of an Oreshnik hypersonic missile appears aimed at intimidating Ukraine and sending a signal of Russian military might to Europe and the United States at a crucial juncture in talks to end the war. Putin has repeatedly boasted of the speed and destructive power of the Oreshnik, which ​Russia first fired at Ukraine in November 2024.

Russia used its new Oreshnik missile to strike Lviv, while Kyiv was targeted in a combined attack involving drones, cruise, and ballistic missiles. Officials say infrastructure and residential areas were hit. At least four people were killed and more than 20 wounded.